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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2000
Gregory S. Keller, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Gregory S. Keller, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Isolagen Technologies, Inc., Exton, PA (US);
Abstract
A method for corrective surgery in a human subject of a vocal cord defect amenable to rectification by the augmentation of tissue subadjacent to the vocal cord defect, the method comprising: placing an effective amount of autologouscultured cells into a vocal cord tissue of the subject in a position subadjacent to the vocal cord defect, wherein the vocal cord tissue is selected from the group consisting of a scar, Reinke's space, a muscle of the vocal cord, and the lamina propria, wherein thecultured cells are obtained by culturing a plurality of viable cells retrieved from the subject, and wherein the cultured cells are suspended in a collagen or modified collagen solution prior to injection of the cultured cells. Thecultured cells can be fibroblasts, e.g., fibroblasts derived from dermis, fascia, connective tissue, or lamina propria.